A new report from Grayscale argues that while bitcoin retains the design features of a long-term store of value, its recent price action has looked far more like a growth stock than digital gold.

A sharp wave of bitcoin losses has rattled traders, but Cryptoquant says data shows a market still searching for a true bear market bottom.

Corporate bitcoin accumulation accelerated in January, but according to bitcointreasuries.net, nearly all the momentum came from a single heavyweight.

Bitcoin fell below $66,000 for the second straight session, hitting an intraday low of $65,312 as bearish momentum deepens. The slide has fueled fears of a retest of the $60,000 floor, with some analysts warning of a possible drop to $40,000.

In recent weeks, attention has centered on the release of more than 3 million pages of investigative records from the U.S. Department of Justice, which detailed associations between convicted sex offender and now-deceased Jeffrey Epstein and early figures in the cryptocurrency industry. The following provides a straightforward identification of the individuals and entities connected to bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency that appear in the newly disclosed documents.

U.S. equities traded mixed midday Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average edging higher while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite remained under pressure as investors recalibrated rate expectations and rotated out of high-growth technology shares.

Peer‑to‑peer cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful was sentenced to pay a $4 million criminal penalty after pleading guilty to conspiring in schemes that promoted illegal prostitution and violated the Bank Secrecy Act.

Crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) lost momentum as bitcoin and ether reversed into heavy outflows. XRP funds were flat, while solana ETFs managed a modest inflow in an otherwise cautious session.

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U.S. lawmakers challenged SEC Chair Paul Atkins over a sharp decline in crypto

Bitcoin’s price is $67,925 this morning at 8 a.m. EST, giving the asset a market capitalization of $1.35 trillion, with $51.15 billion in 24-hour trading volume and an intraday range between $65,932 and $68,371. The leading crypto asset is consolidating beneath a heavy resistance band as a relief rally collides with a structurally bearish higher-timeframe trend, with momentum attempting to stabilize even as the broader technical posture suggests the market still has something to prove.

Robinhood has launched a public testnet for its Ethereum layer-2 network, inviting developers and institutions to experiment with tokenized assets.

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Ondo Global Markets adopts Chainlink data feeds to bring institutional‑grade pricing to Ondo tokenized U.S. stocks, enabling their use as collateral in Ethereum Decentralized Finance ( DeFi).

Lombard unveils Bitcoin Smart Accounts to recognize custodied BTC as onchain collateral, enabling decentralized finance ( DeFi) access without moving custody.